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Posted by on April 30, 2007, 12:34 am
i was working on this pattern for a few weeks
www.interweave.com/knit/TSC/Pdfs/Mermaid_Mesh.pdf
and after muchn heartbreak and starting over again and again i finally
got the fabric into a lovely place and reached the shaping part. i
completey messed the shaping up,oh i don't know, three times? i put
the yarn away in anger for a year. but i want to start again! i love
this sweater and i have so much yarn for it that i bought! can
someone give me some preactical tips for how to shape a lace pattern?
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Posted by Vintage Purls on April 30, 2007, 2:15 am
On Apr 30, 4:34 pm, cimbri...@gmail.com wrote:
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> someone give me some preactical tips for how to shape a lace pattern?
For a complex pattern (lace or otherwise) I often chart the shaping
section before I work it - it helps me to envisage it and to stay on
track once I'm started. So take the pattern chart and a coloured
pencil, work through the pattern shading out the decreases for the
edge (or neck etc.) - this will show you where to start the pattern on
each row.
Don't work on complex stuff unless you have some calm, quiet time.
It's very hard to concentrate on a complex pattern and have a
conversation or watch the kids etc.
You will get this pattern sorted I'm sure and you'll be so elated when
you do. It's lovely by the way - good taste!
VP
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Posted by Alison on April 30, 2007, 8:28 am
wrote:
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>On Apr 30, 4:34 pm, cimbri...@gmail.com wrote:
>> someone give me some preactical tips for how to shape a lace pattern?
>For a complex pattern (lace or otherwise) I often chart the shaping
>section before I work it - it helps me to envisage it and to stay on
>track once I'm started. So take the pattern chart and a coloured
>pencil, work through the pattern shading out the decreases for the
>edge (or neck etc.) - this will show you where to start the pattern on
>each row.
>Don't work on complex stuff unless you have some calm, quiet time.
>It's very hard to concentrate on a complex pattern and have a
>conversation or watch the kids etc.
>You will get this pattern sorted I'm sure and you'll be so elated when
>you do. It's lovely by the way - good taste!
>VP
The only trick I can see is that the pattern says that the lace
pattern is knitted on the right side rows and the shaping is done on
the wrong side rows. I do love the pattern - good luck!
Alison
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Posted by Bernadette on April 30, 2007, 8:52 am
Alison wrote:
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> wrote:
>
> > On Apr 30, 4:34 pm, cimbri...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> someone give me some preactical tips for how to shape a lace
> pattern?
> >
> > For a complex pattern (lace or otherwise) I often chart the shaping
> > section before I work it - it helps me to envisage it and to stay on
> > track once I'm started. So take the pattern chart and a coloured
> > pencil, work through the pattern shading out the decreases for the
> > edge (or neck etc.) - this will show you where to start the pattern
> > on each row.
> >
> > Don't work on complex stuff unless you have some calm, quiet time.
> > It's very hard to concentrate on a complex pattern and have a
> > conversation or watch the kids etc.
> >
> > You will get this pattern sorted I'm sure and you'll be so elated
> > when you do. It's lovely by the way - good taste!
> >
> > VP
> The only trick I can see is that the pattern says that the lace
> pattern is knitted on the right side rows and the shaping is done on
> the wrong side rows. I do love the pattern - good luck!
>
> Alison
That is a beautiful design.
I totally agree with what VP suggests as I too have found the easiest
way with lace stitches is to chart them.
One other thing I do at the end of each row is to check back across
that row to see that every "knit 2 together" has a corresponding "yarn
over" so that you neither lose, nor gain, stitches across the row. It
takes a little extra time but is easier (and less dispiriting) if you
can pick up any mistakes as they happen - having to unpick more than
one row is soul destroying.
Good luck with finishing the tunic and it'll be lovely to see some
pictures when you have succeeded.
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